Grateful Dead Family Discography: Watching the River Flow

Watching the River Flow

Composer: Bob Dylan

Watching the River Flow was performed twice by the Grateful Dead with Bob Dylan during the Dylan and the Dead tour in July 1987. The Grateful Dead did not perform the song on any other occasion. The song was played by Phil Lesh & Friends in 2016 and 2019.

Watching the River Flow was first recorded by Bob Dylan in early 1971 and first released on a single in June 1971.

Bob Dylan

no info Single (Watching The River Flow / Spanish Is The Loving Tongue), 1971
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2, Bob Dylan, 1971
Where We Live, Various Artists, 2003
no info Singers and Songwriters: Storytellers, Various Artists, 2003
no info Greatest Hits, Vol. 1-3, Bob Dylan, 2003
Playlist: The Very Best of Bob Dylan '70s, Bob Dylan, 2009
Beyond Here Lies Nothin': The Collection, Bob Dylan, 2011

Other recordings

Dylan Vibrations, John Schroeder, 1971
Graham Bell, Graham Bell, 1972
Watch, Seatrain, 1973
Family Portrait, Earl Scruggs, 1976
no info Caught in the Act, Steve Gibbons, 1977
no info In Orbit, Ollie Mitchell, 1978
no info Luxury You Can Afford, Joe Cocker, 1978
no info Bar Wars, Various Artists, 1981
Heart Of Gold Band, Heart Of Gold Band, 1986
Double Dose, Heart Of Gold Band, 1989
Songs Of Dylan: As Performed By Fifteen Great Artists, Various Artists (Joe Cocker), 1989
Songs Of Bob Dylan (Start label), Various Artists (Joe Cocker), 1989
no info The Gadd Gang, The Gadd Gang, 1991
no info Knockout, Candye Kane, 1995
no info Best of Fessor's Big City Band, Ole "Fessor" Lindgreen, 1995
no info Extremely Live at Birmingham Town Hall, Chris Farlowe, Spencer Davis et al, 1995
no info Lonesome Road, Chris Farlowe, 1996
no info Full Circle, Dan Papaila, 1997
Heart Of Gold Band, Heart Of Gold Band, 1998
no info Wine, Women & Song, Various Artists (Chris Farlowe), 1998
no info Fresh Blues, Vol. 2: The Inak Blues Connection, Various Artists (Chris Farlowe), 1998
Tangled Up in Blues: Songs of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 1999
This Ain't No Tribute: Blues Cube, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 1999
no info Dazzling Display (Deluxe Edition), Steve Wynn, 2000
no info Standing Here, Joe Cocker, 2001
no info Love Without Trust, The Ken Saydak Band, 2001
no info The I-10 Chronicles, Vol. 2: One More for the Road, Various Artists (Steve Forbert), 2001
no info Trios, Vol. 2, Gordon Johnson, 2002
All Blues'd Up: Songs Of Bob Dylan, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 2002
no info Highway 60's 70's Blues Revisited, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 2003
no info Bluesman Play White Boys Blues, Vol. 2, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 2003
Masters of Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, 2004
no info Double Live, Steve Gibbons, 2004
no info Live at Montreux 1987 (DVD), Joe Cocker, 2005
no info Limelight, Colin James, 2005
no info Pussycat Bootleg Series, Vol. 2: Live Rarities 2000-2004, Asylum Street Spankers, 2006
no info Sweet Forgiveness, Joe Cocker, 2006
no info Covers, The Porch Rockers, 2006
no info Bluesman Play White Boys Blues, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 2006
no info A Walk on the Blues Side, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 2006
no info Pete York & Friends, Pete York & Friends, 2007
no info Blues on the Rocks, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Leon Russell), 2007